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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Idiosyncrasy \Id'i*o*syn"cra*sy\, noun; pl. {Idiosyncrasies}. [Gr. ?; 'i'dios proper, peculiar + ? a mixing together, fr. ? to mix together; ? with + ? to mix: cf. F. idiosyncrasie. See {Idiom}, and {Crasis}.] A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity.
The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the idiosyncrasies of the body. --I. Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
idiosyncrasy
noun: a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual [syn: {foible}, {mannerism}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
142 Moby Thesaurus words for "idiosyncrasy": aberration, abnormality, animus, anomaly, aptitude, aroma, attribute, badge, banner, bent, bias, brand, cachet, cast, character, characteristic, conceit, configuration, constitution, crackpotism, crank, crankiness, crankism, crotchet, crotchetiness, cut, deviancy, deviation, device, diathesis, differentia, differential, differentness, disposition, distinctive feature, divergence, dottiness, earmark, eccentricity, erraticism, erraticness, feature, figure, flavor, freakiness, freakishness, grain, gust, habit, hallmark, idiocrasy, image, impress, impression, inclination, index, indicant, indicator, individualism, insignia, irregularity, keynote, kidney, kink, leaning, lineaments, maggot, make, makeup, mannerism, mark, marking, measure, mental set, mettle, minauderie, mind, mind-set, mold, nature, nonconformity, note, oddity, odor, particularity, peculiar trait, peculiarity, picture, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, propensity, property, quality, queerness, quip, quirk, quirkiness, representation, representative, savor, seal, set, shape, sigil, sign, signal, signature, singularity, slant, smack, specialty, stamp, strain, strangeness, streak, stripe, sure sign, symptom, taint, tang, taste, telltale sign, temper, temperament, tendency, token, trademark, trait, trick, trick of behavior, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, unconventionality, unnaturalness, warp, whim, whimsicality, whimsy
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